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Bolivia: Refounding the Nation
ISBN: 9780745330891 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The election of the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS, movement towards socialism) to power in Bolivia in 2006 marked a historic break from centuries of foreign domination and indigenous marginalisation. Evo Morales, leader of the MAS, became the first indigenous president of Bolivia.
Kepa Artaraz looks at the attempt to 'refound the nation' which the new government has made as its goal. He shows how the mix of Marxism, indigenous liberation politics, anti-imperialism and environmentalism has made Bolivia one of the most interesting and unique political experiments of Latin America's 'red... The election of the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS, movement towards socialism) to power in Bolivia in 2006 marked a historic break from centuries of f...
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164,38 zł |
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Haiti's New Dictatorship: The Coup, the Earthquake and the UN Occupation
ISBN: 9780745332574 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1804 Haiti became the world's first independent black Republic following a slave revolution. 200 years later, ravaged by colonialism and violence, it was placed under UN military occupation.
Haiti's New Dictatorship charts the country's recent history, from the 2004 coup against President Aristide to the devastating 2010 earthquake, revealing a shocking story of abuse and indifference by international forces. Justin Podur unmasks the grim reality of a supposedly benign international occupation, arguing that the denial of sovereignty is the fundamental cause of Haiti's problems.... In 1804 Haiti became the world's first independent black Republic following a slave revolution. 200 years later, ravaged by colonialism and violence, ...
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153,42 zł |
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The Triumph of Politics: The Return of the Left in Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador
ISBN: 9780745647494 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Offers a comparative and historical interpretation of Venezuela's Chavez, Bolivia's Morales and Ecuador's Correa - South America's most prominent '21st century socialists'. This title argues that the claims of these 21st century socialists should be taken seriously even though not necessarily at face value.
Offers a comparative and historical interpretation of Venezuela's Chavez, Bolivia's Morales and Ecuador's Correa - South America's most prominent '21s...
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93,12 zł |
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Comparative Public Policy in Latin America
ISBN: 9781442610903 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This pioneering collection offers a comprehensive investigation into how to study public policy in Latin America. While this region exhibits many similarities with the North American and European countries that have traditionally served as sources for generating public policy knowledge, Latin American countries are also different in many fundamental ways. As such, existing policy concepts and frameworks may not always be the most effective tools of analysis for this unique region. To fill this gap, Comparative Public Policy in Latin America offers guidelines for refining... This pioneering collection offers a comprehensive investigation into how to study public policy in Latin America. While this region exhibits many s... |
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166,62 zł |
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Social Movements and Leftist Governments in Latin America: Confrontation or Co-Optation?
ISBN: 9781780321837 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In recent years, the simultaneous development of prominent social movements and the election of left and centre-left governments has radically altered the political landscape in Latin America. These social movements have ranged from the community based 'piqueteros' of Argentina that brought down three governments in the space of a month in 2001 to the indigenous movements in Ecuador and Bolivia that were instrumental in toppling five governments in the last decade. And in the cases of Venezuela and Brazil, social movements helped to provide the political base from which leftist leaders like...
In recent years, the simultaneous development of prominent social movements and the election of left and centre-left governments has radically altered...
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135,32 zł |
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Evo's Bolivia: Continuity and Change
ISBN: 9780292758681 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this compelling and comprehensive look at the rise of Evo Morales and Bolivia's Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS), Linda Farthing and Benjamin Kohl offer a thoughtful evaluation of the transformations ushered in by the western hemisphere's first contemporary indigenous president. Accessible to all readers, Evo's Bolivia not only charts Evo's rise to power but also offers a history of and context for the MAS revolution's place in the rising "pink tide" of the political left. Farthing and Kohl examine the many social movements whose agendas have set the political climate in Bolivia... In this compelling and comprehensive look at the rise of Evo Morales and Bolivia's Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS), Linda Farthing and Benjamin Kohl... |
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104,09 zł |
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Latin America's Radical Left: Challenges and Complexities of Political Power in the Twenty-First Century
ISBN: 9781442229488 / Angielski / Twarda / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This timely book explores the unique challenges facing the left in Latin America today. The contributors offer clear and comprehensive assessments of the difficult conditions and conflicting forces that have brought to power the current leftist regimes in Latin American and the Caribbean and are shaping their development. Avoiding the widely accepted but simplistic dichotomy of "good" and "bad" left or democratic and antidemocratic left, the book first sets the theoretical and historical context for understanding the rise of the left in the region. It then provides case studies of the radical...
This timely book explores the unique challenges facing the left in Latin America today. The contributors offer clear and comprehensive assessments of ...
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602,91 zł |
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Latin America's Radical Left: Challenges and Complexities of Political Power in the Twenty-first Century
ISBN: 9781442229495 / Angielski / Miękka / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This timely book explores the unique challenges facing the left in Latin America today. The contributors offer clear and comprehensive assessments of the difficult conditions and conflicting forces that have brought to power the current leftist regimes in Latin American and the Caribbean and are shaping their development. Avoiding the widely accepted but simplistic dichotomy of "good" and "bad" left or democratic and antidemocratic left, the book first sets the theoretical and historical context for understanding the rise of the left in the region. It then provides case studies of the radical...
This timely book explores the unique challenges facing the left in Latin America today. The contributors offer clear and comprehensive assessments of ...
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219,24 zł |
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Chávez's Legacy: The Transformation from Democracy to a Mafia State
ISBN: 9780761862659 / Angielski / Twarda / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Chavez's Legacy: The Transformation from Democracy to a Mafia State refutes the claim that Chavez's regime corrected the errors of Soviet Communism. This book traces Venezuela's communist transformation and its effects on the neighboring nations of Bolivia, Ecuador, and Nicaragua. This book also examines Chavez's behavior in the international arena, strongly emphasizing his close association with Iran and narcotics terrorism.
Chavez's Legacy: The Transformation from Democracy to a Mafia State refutes the claim that Chavez's regime corrected the errors of Soviet Communism. T...
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332,56 zł |
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How Human Rights Can Build Haiti: Activists, Lawyers, and the Grassroots Campaign
ISBN: 9780826519931 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A cataclysmic earthquake, revolution, corruption, and neglect have all conspired to strangle the growth of a legitimate legal system in Haiti. But as How Human Rights Can Build Haiti demonstrates, the story of lawyers-activists on the ground should give us all hope. They organize demonstrations at the street level, argue court cases at the international level, and conduct social media and lobbying campaigns across the globe. They are making historic claims and achieving real success as they tackle Haiti's cholera epidemic, post-earthquake housing and rape crises, and the Jean-Claude...
A cataclysmic earthquake, revolution, corruption, and neglect have all conspired to strangle the growth of a legitimate legal system in Haiti. But as ...
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489,33 zł |
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Gender and the Politics of Gradual Change: Social Policy Reform and Innovation in Chile
ISBN: 9783319341552 / Angielski / Twarda / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Focusing on four major reform episodes - health, pensions, childcare, and maternity leave - Silke Staab unveils the complex interplay of factors that have shaped the successes and failures of actors pursuing positive gender change in social policy.
Focusing on four major reform episodes - health, pensions, childcare, and maternity leave - Silke Staab unveils the complex interplay of factors that ...
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387,30 zł |
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Haïti, ce pays de contrastes
ISBN: 9781770765795 / Francuski / Miękka / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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80,43 zł |
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Crime and Security in Trinidad and Tobago
ISBN: 9789766379100 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Across the Caribbean, crime is arguably the leading social problem facing the small tourism and foreign exchange dependent countries that make up the region. In Crime and Security in Trinidad and Tobago Drs Seepersad and Williams, both criminologists, offer an in-depth and comprehensive examination of crime in the twin island republic.
Across the Caribbean, crime is arguably the leading social problem facing the small tourism and foreign exchange dependent countries that make up the ...
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131,72 zł |
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Revolutionary Politics and the Cuban Working Class
ISBN: 9780691622996 / Angielski / Miękka / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1962, the author got into Cuba and interviewed workers on the subject of the Revolution. Professor Zeitlin examines the effects of the revolution, and the influence of such factors as age, race, and skill on the workers' attitudes. Originally published in 1967. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and... In 1962, the author got into Cuba and interviewed workers on the subject of the Revolution. Professor Zeitlin examines the effects of the revolutio... |
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292,72 zł |
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Campanas Electorales Exitosas: Ganar el Poder en la Era del Entretenimiento: Ganar el Poder en la Era del Entretenimiento
ISBN: 9781493593705 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. La politica, para ser exitosa, ha de ser entretenida, ya que los politicos aburridos, tristes y tediosos no pueden salir victoriosos bajo sistemas electorales sustentados en la gestion del afecto de los votantes y la construccion libre de lealtades electorales, como es lo caracteristico bajo sistema de cuno democratico. Este principio, cobra especial validez y significado bajo un contexto conocido como la "era del entretenimiento," en la que los ciudadanos mas que mostrar un interes en la politica y los asuntos propios de la organizacion, renovacion y estructuracion del poder publico y los...
La politica, para ser exitosa, ha de ser entretenida, ya que los politicos aburridos, tristes y tediosos no pueden salir victoriosos bajo sistemas ele...
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67,97 zł |
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Inside Argentina
ISBN: 9781493714544 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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28,69 zł |
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Mercadotecnia Política y Gubernamental
ISBN: 9781494437268 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. La politica en Mexico esta experimentando transformaciones sustanciales, producto del proceso de transicion politica hacia la democracia, la globalizacion, el desarrollo tecnologico, asi como, los cambios culturales y demograficos de los mercados electorales. Este proceso de cambio que esta viviendo nuestro pais, no solo ha generado la alternancia y la diversificacion del mapa politico-electoral en todos los ambitos y niveles del poder publico, sino que tambien ha producido transformaciones importantes en los mercados electorales. Esto es, el fenomeno amplio de la alternancia interpartidista...
La politica en Mexico esta experimentando transformaciones sustanciales, producto del proceso de transicion politica hacia la democracia, la globaliza...
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67,97 zł |
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Indigenous Cultures and Sustainable Development in Latin America
ISBN: 9783030370251 / Angielski / Miękka / 253 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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329,21 zł |
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Adapting, Transforming, and Modernizing Under Fire: The Mexican Military 2006-11
ISBN: 9781478113218 / Angielski / Miękka / 50 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since President Felipe Calderon took office in December 2006, Mexico has embarked upon the implementation of a culture of law and security that has triggered a war with organized crime. This war has involved all sectors of society and has activated a series of renovations in its armed forces, which to date remain the most trusted institutions in Mexican society. This groundbreaking Letort Paper is an important contribution to an understanding of the structure, culture, motivators, and challenges of the Mexican military in the 21st century. Mr. Inigo Guevara Moyano, a Mexican researcher and...
Since President Felipe Calderon took office in December 2006, Mexico has embarked upon the implementation of a culture of law and security that has tr...
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66,11 zł |
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Mexico's "Narco-Refugees": The Looming Challenge for U.S. National Security
ISBN: 9781478120452 / Angielski / Miękka / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The security and stability of America's southern neighbor has been a condition taken for granted by many U.S. policymakers. While the U.S. defense establishment, in particular, has been focused on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the potential for spillover violence from Mexico cannot be dismissed. Over 30,000 Mexicans have been killed since Mexican President Felipe Calderon launched a campaign to destroy drug cartels and gangs, which have perpetrated heinous acts of violence like dismemberments and decapitations. Small towns in Mexico near the U.S. border have been abandoned out of fear of...
The security and stability of America's southern neighbor has been a condition taken for granted by many U.S. policymakers. While the U.S. defense est...
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72,45 zł |
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